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en-usPenn State University Relationsnews@psu.edu (Penn State News)The strange and surprising adventures of fictionhttp://news.psu.edu/story/279747/2013/06/19/research/strange-and-surprising-adventures-fiction
With the incredibly popular works of fiction pervading our culture today -- Harry Potter, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Twilight, The Hunger Games, the list goes on -- it's difficult to imagine a time when the novel didn't exist. Unlike other genres of writing, however, the novel has its origins in fairly recent history.
http://news.psu.edu/story/279747/2013/06/19/research/strange-and-surprising-adventures-fictionWed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00 -0400Penn State News - fictionPenn State York online magazine fifth edition availablehttp://news.psu.edu/story/158220/2011/05/03/penn-state-york-online-magazine-fifth-edition-available
"Any Other Word," Penn State York's literary E-zine's fifth edition is now available online. To see the publication, visit http://www2.yk.psu.edu/anyotherword. This issue features the recent winners of the Hint Fiction contest.
Student editors for the current publication are Eric Kennedy, a senior majoring in English from Hanover, Pa.; and Jennifer J. Sheffer, a senior majoring in letters, arts, and sciences from York, Pa. The cover design for the magazine, titled "Upright," was done by Corey Magloire, a sophomore majoring in integrative arts from York, Pa.
http://news.psu.edu/story/158220/2011/05/03/penn-state-york-online-magazine-fifth-edition-availableTue, 03 May 2011 14:33 -0400Penn State News - fictionHint fiction winners announcedhttp://news.psu.edu/story/158373/2011/04/27/hint-fiction-winners-announced
Any Other Word," Penn State York's online literary magazine, has announced the winners of the hint fiction contest. Winners are Joseph Cabrera, York, Pa., "08779321-USW;" Mary Lee, East Berlin, Pa., "Parenting Styles;" and Ben Morgan, Hanover, Pa., "Frying Pan Fire-Jumping. "Winners were awarded copies of the "Hint Fiction" anthology as well as a new Moleskine notebook.
http://news.psu.edu/story/158373/2011/04/27/hint-fiction-winners-announcedWed, 27 Apr 2011 17:26 -0400Penn State News - fictionHeard on Campus: Author Alexander McCall Smith on fiction with virtueshttp://news.psu.edu/story/158886/2011/04/12/campus-life/heard-campus-author-alexander-mccall-smith-fiction-virtues
"If what we see on the screen or read has no implications, then why do we weep when we are exposed to an emotionally wrenching story? Are our tears not real? Could it not be argued that we create a moral climate through our fictional creations, and if that is the case, then would we not feel uneasy if suddenly our stories became ones in which the right and the good was consistently disregarded and defeated? I think more than unease, we would feel shared despair. The world is a distressing place. It harbors great sorrow and great suffering. There are many forces that obviously would dismantle such enlightenment as we've created for ourselves; there are many forces that would enslave, exploit and destroy. If we allowed ourselves to live in an imaginative universe in which such forces were vindicated, then surely our lives would be bleak, that we'd be in a prison of ice, a place to which no light would be admitted."
-- Alexander McCall Smith, speaking Monday (April 11) in Schwab Auditorium during the 2011 Crawford Lecture of the Rock Ethics Institute, on the topic, "How Are We to Live Our Lives? An Evening with Alexander McCall Smith." Smith is emeritus professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh and best-selling author of more than 60 books, most notably the internationally acclaimed "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, which rapidly rose to the top of the bestseller lists throughout the world. The film adaptation of the first book in the series premiered on HBO in 2009.
http://news.psu.edu/story/158886/2011/04/12/campus-life/heard-campus-author-alexander-mccall-smith-fiction-virtuesTue, 12 Apr 2011 08:00 -0400Penn State News - fictionA Conversation with Richard Kopleyhttp://news.psu.edu/story/141137/2009/03/23/research/conversation-richard-kopley
Richard Kopley launched the spring 2009 season of Research Unplugged by leading an enlivening conversation about the origins of detective fiction in the work of Edgar Allan Poe.
http://news.psu.edu/story/141137/2009/03/23/research/conversation-richard-kopleyMon, 23 Mar 2009 (All day) -0400Penn State News - fiction